The Boeing Company accepted the first two engines for the Joint
Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) X-45C aircraft program Nov. 10
in a ceremony held at a General Electric plant in Lynn, Mass.
Boeing is building three X-45C aircraft in St. Louis as part of the
J-UCAS program. Each of the aircraft will be powered by a single
F404 engine.
Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34, currently deployed with
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) (JFK)
as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, recently celebrated more than
9,000 hours of mishap-free flying.
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